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Congratulations to Carlow's wonderful women footballers. A serious achievement, built on hard work, discipline and no shortage of character.
They have done the county proud. And it was great to see a large crowd there to support them today.
CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1137 - 02/08/2026 13:57:44
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Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "MLR are due their customary big game and after a drubbing last week, fenagh could get turned over here. But all depending on who's available for MLR as you said." MLR are headed for relegation. You can see the dual clubs, and clubs from dual areas, really struggling in their secondary codes this year.
This was a predicable consequence of removing our wonderful split season.
Hopefully, it will be reinstated next year. But football should be allowed to go first, and it should rotate each year.
CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1137 - 02/08/2026 19:51:39
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Replying To CARPS: "MLR are headed for relegation. You can see the dual clubs, and clubs from dual areas, really struggling in their secondary codes this year.
This was a predicable consequence of removing our wonderful split season.
Hopefully, it will be reinstated next year. But football should be allowed to go first, and it should rotate each year." Agree 100 percent
Ceatharlach7000 (Carlow) - Posts: 45 - 03/08/2026 11:47:54
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Replying To CARPS: "MLR are headed for relegation. You can see the dual clubs, and clubs from dual areas, really struggling in their secondary codes this year.
This was a predicable consequence of removing our wonderful split season.
Hopefully, it will be reinstated next year. But football should be allowed to go first, and it should rotate each year." There has to be a line between split season and not split season. If football goes first, lads who hurl won't pick up a hurl until the football is finished. When you're saying that secondary sports are struggling, who's struggling? Just MLR really and they are never consistent year on year because they're not football driven like hurling.
Looking at the rest, bagenalstown are doing better in the hurling results wise and incredibly unlucky in football results so far. Carlow town are flying in inter and junior. Myshall are hurling primarily but looks to be football first at the moment. Naomh brid was always going to be a massive step up. Ballinkillen 2 wins so far in the hurling.
It's not a perfect system but a fully split season also doesn't fully work. What id like to see are the playing numbers between hurling and football this year to last year and see what the actually drop off is.
CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 202 - 03/08/2026 13:20:46
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Just looking back on the match reports over the weekend. The man who'd transform our county football team hasn't scored in the last two games.
Collio (Carlow) - Posts: 133 - 04/08/2026 13:25:51
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Replying To Collio: "Just looking back on the match reports over the weekend. The man who'd transform our county football team hasn't scored in the last two games." No it wasn't just one player missing. It was the captain, starting centre forward and starting midfielder missing but ok.
CarlowJuniorB (Clare) - Posts: 202 - 04/08/2026 16:03:59
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Replying To CarlowJuniorB: "There has to be a line between split season and not split season. If football goes first, lads who hurl won't pick up a hurl until the football is finished. When you're saying that secondary sports are struggling, who's struggling? Just MLR really and they are never consistent year on year because they're not football driven like hurling.
Looking at the rest, bagenalstown are doing better in the hurling results wise and incredibly unlucky in football results so far. Carlow town are flying in inter and junior. Myshall are hurling primarily but looks to be football first at the moment. Naomh brid was always going to be a massive step up. Ballinkillen 2 wins so far in the hurling.
It's not a perfect system but a fully split season also doesn't fully work. What id like to see are the playing numbers between hurling and football this year to last year and see what the actually drop off is." I was going to say Kildavin are struggling in hurling this year compare to last but then their football performances are as bad.
Bagenalstown seem to be to be the only dual club that's adopted well to keeping both codes going at a good level. Bigger numbers than most though. But probably no better than semi finalists in both competitions and with out without the split season that's probably as far as they could go in either anyway.
Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1889 - 04/08/2026 19:24:25
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It will be interesting to see how the bodies hold up for the likes of Bagenalstown and MLR. They definitely have the most dual players and both operating at senior level. Going through their teams last week, only 1 or 2 players on both teams are football only.
They could have to play 12 weeks in a row if they qualify for hurling semi finals and football quarter finals.
ACarlowGael (Carlow) - Posts: 49 - 05/08/2026 09:09:26
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Replying To ACarlowGael: "It will be interesting to see how the bodies hold up for the likes of Bagenalstown and MLR. They definitely have the most dual players and both operating at senior level. Going through their teams last week, only 1 or 2 players on both teams are football only.
They could have to play 12 weeks in a row if they qualify for hurling semi finals and football quarter finals." Crazy amount of games on players that have given commitment to the county this year. The town suffering bigtime for competing on both fronts. During last nights game against N Brid we looked like we were running out of bodies bigtime. Structure has to be looked at as its punishing the genuine GAA players with too many games and still 3 group games remaining this year over both codes before knockouts. EO whinge about lack of games yet proposed a bye in their new system to semi for top two, Everyone should play a q/f just like every other county, after 4 group games being enough surely.
And looking at this week fixtures some inter and junior teams have to play two games in these conditions, madness.
Wouldn't be as bad if the county board would look after the main pitch at least and not force players to play on concrete, Clubber making us look v bad in that regard.
Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 166 - 10/08/2026 11:55:23
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Savage win for Naomh brid. Anyone know when was the last time they won a senior championship match must be before 2019 at least?
carlowfan10 (Carlow) - Posts: 2 - 10/08/2026 13:44:34
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Some win for NB last night and no fluke fully deserved. If I'm not mistaken a win v Mulhall next weekend puts them right back in it assuming Bagenalstown lose to SM. Is it head to head or scoring difference that decides places between two teams level on points. If H2H then last night was a very costly loss for the town.
Interesting and concerning also though to see the way Bagenalstown faded out in the second half with a strong win behind them and 4 points up but they had no legs left. As said above, the system we have now is going to kill any hope they have in both the SFC or SHC. They've already got some injuries with lads missing last night and now face a miss win game v SM next week. Every game they have coming up now for next 4 weeks without a break is virtually knock out. It's very unfair. I'd say lessons are being learned and interesting to see if they go all out next year for both or step back from one and do a MLR on it to try win a senior championship in one of other.
Another point I'd make on this issue is that I thought standard was poor last night for senior hurling. Not helped by a concrete dusty pitch for sure (county board surely have to water it now they probably assumed rain would come by now but it hasn't and it's not coming for next fortnight either) and not taking anything away from NB but that was a poor quality match last night. Another reason for me that indicates either the 5 game group format in both hurling and football is too much for dual players or else go back to the split season as the way things are it isn't working and whichever it is is going to lower standards and ultimately numbers playing both codes.
Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1889 - 10/08/2026 14:20:49
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Replying To Onion Breath: "Some win for NB last night and no fluke fully deserved. If I'm not mistaken a win v Mulhall next weekend puts them right back in it assuming Bagenalstown lose to SM. Is it head to head or scoring difference that decides places between two teams level on points. If H2H then last night was a very costly loss for the town.
Interesting and concerning also though to see the way Bagenalstown faded out in the second half with a strong win behind them and 4 points up but they had no legs left. As said above, the system we have now is going to kill any hope they have in both the SFC or SHC. They've already got some injuries with lads missing last night and now face a miss win game v SM next week. Every game they have coming up now for next 4 weeks without a break is virtually knock out. It's very unfair. I'd say lessons are being learned and interesting to see if they go all out next year for both or step back from one and do a MLR on it to try win a senior championship in one of other.
Another point I'd make on this issue is that I thought standard was poor last night for senior hurling. Not helped by a concrete dusty pitch for sure (county board surely have to water it now they probably assumed rain would come by now but it hasn't and it's not coming for next fortnight either) and not taking anything away from NB but that was a poor quality match last night. Another reason for me that indicates either the 5 game group format in both hurling and football is too much for dual players or else go back to the split season as the way things are it isn't working and whichever it is is going to lower standards and ultimately numbers playing both codes." Only hope for a change next year really is if EO don't make semis. If Btown wish to compete on both fronts next year, they'll have to pull the county players, keep them fresh for the 15 weeks in a row run, not ideal and would be a shame, as Carlow Co Board seem to pay lip service to county player welfare the clubs needs to take control.
Not ideal but that's where the Co. Board are pushing us.
Carlowtothecore1 (Carlow) - Posts: 166 - 10/08/2026 15:00:15
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Replying To Onion Breath: "Some win for NB last night and no fluke fully deserved. If I'm not mistaken a win v Mulhall next weekend puts them right back in it assuming Bagenalstown lose to SM. Is it head to head or scoring difference that decides places between two teams level on points. If H2H then last night was a very costly loss for the town.
Interesting and concerning also though to see the way Bagenalstown faded out in the second half with a strong win behind them and 4 points up but they had no legs left. As said above, the system we have now is going to kill any hope they have in both the SFC or SHC. They've already got some injuries with lads missing last night and now face a miss win game v SM next week. Every game they have coming up now for next 4 weeks without a break is virtually knock out. It's very unfair. I'd say lessons are being learned and interesting to see if they go all out next year for both or step back from one and do a MLR on it to try win a senior championship in one of other.
Another point I'd make on this issue is that I thought standard was poor last night for senior hurling. Not helped by a concrete dusty pitch for sure (county board surely have to water it now they probably assumed rain would come by now but it hasn't and it's not coming for next fortnight either) and not taking anything away from NB but that was a poor quality match last night. Another reason for me that indicates either the 5 game group format in both hurling and football is too much for dual players or else go back to the split season as the way things are it isn't working and whichever it is is going to lower standards and ultimately numbers playing both codes." Broadly agree with you there, Onion.
We are asking dual players to potentially play around 15 championship games (plus possible county final replays, I think?) in a few months, while training for both codes simultaneously, and flipping them for matches every couple of weeks.
At least in a split season (as with the Old Leighlin/Naomh Brid lads last year), it's mitigated somewhat by having clear runs in one sport, but the set up now in pure insanity.
I would suggest if they want to keep the current format, they should reduce the number of games by switching to a knock out systems, with one back door chance for early round losers.
Or a better, in my view, because we want players to have more games after training hard all year, is to go back to the split season, but rotate it. Let football go first next year. Hurling gets first dibs in 2028, and so on.
CARPS (Carlow) - Posts: 1137 - 10/08/2026 15:29:16
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Replying To carlowfan10: "Savage win for Naomh brid. Anyone know when was the last time they won a senior championship match must be before 2019 at least?" Aaron Amond told KCLR that it's his 13th year hurling and his first win at senior level.
Wellnow (USA) - Posts: 2 - 10/08/2026 19:08:14
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